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New Announcement from the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Regarding
Required Digital Photos in Passports for Visa Waiver Travelers
Released on June 15, 2005
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Visa Waiver countries must provide plan to issue "e-passports" in 2006
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced that Visa Waiver Program
(VWP) countries will be required to produce passports with digital photographs by October
26, 2005. On that date, all VWP countries must also present an acceptable plan to issue
passports with integrated circuit chips, or e-passports, within one year.
This announcement clarifies the implications of the Enhanced Border
Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 requirement that any passport issued after
October 26, 2005, and used for Visa Waiver Program (VWP) travel to the United States must
include a biometric identifier based on applicable standards established by the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and reflects the exercise of the
authorities of the Secretary of Homeland
Security to administer the VWP under Section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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After extensive consultation with ICAO
and Congress, DHS is requiring a digital photograph of the passport holder's face
integrated into the data page of the passport by October 26, 2005. DHS will require VWP
countries to produce passports using the integrated circuit chip, or e-passport, capable
of storing the biographic information from the data page, a digitized photograph, and
other biometric information, in travel documents by October 26, 2006.
Valid passports issued by VWP countries before October 26, 2005, that do not contain a
digital photograph will still be accepted for travel under the auspices of the VWP,
provided that the passports are machine-readable.
The Department of State remains committed to the biometric passport as the safest possible
travel document, and we will continue to work with the VWP countries on its development.
The introduction of biometric or "e-passports" will further enhance global
security by better ensuring that the person presenting a passport is the person to whom
his/her government issued that passport.
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In addition to the digital photo and chip requirements, DHS is taking
steps to strengthen document integrity by requiring VWP countries to commit to several
measures concerning lost and stolen passports. In particular, DHS will require VWP
countries to report all lost and stolen passports to INTERPOL and DHS, to report all
intercepted lost and stolen passports to DHS' Fraudulent Document Analysis Unit, to share
information on trends and analysis of lost and stolen passports, and to provide detailed
information on other VWP passport security features.
The 27 countries participating in the
VWP include: Andorra, Australia,
Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,
Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United
Kingdom.
Effective June 26, 2005, any traveler from these 27 countries was required
to be in possession of a machine-readable passport to enter the United
States. Last year, approximately 15 million VWP travelers visited the
United States.
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